Ttpeolstery



c. MADSEN. UPHOLSTER Y. APPLICATION FILED AUG.28. VH9.

1,323,370. Patented Dec. 2,1919.

II III ll marsh snares PATENT OFFICE.

CORNELIUS MADSEN, OF-CHICAGO, ILLINO IS.

UPHOLSI'ERY.

Application filed August 28, 1919. Serial N 320,341.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CORNELIUS MADSEN, a citizen of the United States, and a. resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Upholstery; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of refer ence marked thereon, which forma part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in upholstery and refers more particularly to upholste y for furniture, such as seats couches, chairs, and the like, wherein the upholstery structure embodies a roll-edge.

The object of the invention is to provide an upholstery structure having a novel roll edge so constructed as to produce a firm and reliable edge in a simple and economical manner.

Another object of the invention is to provide a roll-edge upholstery structure which is combined with the spring panel of the structure in such a way as to firmly connect the roll-edge to the frame from an underneath support.

Other objects of the invention are to improve, shnplify, and reducethe cost of rolledge upholstery structures, and the inven: tion consists in the combination and arrangement of the parts shown in the drawings and described in the specification, and is pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings;

an upholstery structure having a roll-edge embodying my invention, with parts broken away.

Fig. 2 thereof. 7 I

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. f

Fig. 1 is an enlarged fragmentary section on the line H ofFig. 3.

In said drawings,rl0 designates a panel usually made of wood and of a shape to conform to the edge of the seat or other furniture part in which the upholstery is embodied. Said panel is preferably inclosed in a sheath or envelop 11. The panel is a fragmentary bottom View constitutes in effect the foundation of the.

roll-edge and the adjacent part of the upholstery structure, and is directly supported on springs 12 which, in the complete article Specification of Letters Patent.

one ormore layers PatentedDec.'2,-1919.

or furniture are seated on a suitable fixed support below. 7. w 1

,1 l designates aweb or canvas or other fabric which overlies the covered panel 10. It extends inwardly beyond the panel to constitute a portion of the foundation fabric for the seat or other article of furniture in which the upholstery is embodied; It alsoextends, as herein shown, outwardly beyond the panel to constitute an apron or border piece 15 that depends from the front edge of the panel below the roll-edge.

.16 designates embodying the invention which'is built on and fixedly attached to the panel. Said roll-edge embraces in itsv construction a rigid reinforcing bar17, preferably made of metal and spaced above the panel board. Said roll-edge comprises, in addition to said bar 17, a body or core 1.8 of cushioning material, such as felt, hair, or like material,

as a whole the roll-edge which is shapedto produce the desired 7 cross section ofthe roll-edge, and inner and outer cover layers 19, 20,

The reinforcing bar 717' is embedded in the core material18, it lying near the lower side of said core material, The lower marginal part 21 of the outer or'canvas cover g1n23 inwardly beyond the roll-edge. The lower marginal portion cover la yer19 for the core 18 of the roll edgelies between the marginalportion 21 of the outer cover layer 20 and that part of the core material which lies below the reinforcing bar 17 Said inner coverIlayer 19 extends around saidl core 18 with its inner margin 24 extending inwardly beyond said reinforcing barand in overlappingfrelation to the marginal portion 23 ofthe cover layer 20 and between it and the lower marginal portion 21 of said cover layer 20.

The reinforcing bar may be inclosed by 25 ofsuitable fabric, such as burlap, said layers extending from the inner edge of said bar around the outer edge and thence over the top 'of the bar, with the inner lying between the fabric 14 and the mar- V which may re; soectively be made of burlap and canvas.

7 as shown in V V Fig. 3 and extends at its extreme inner mar- F igure 1 is a fragmentary edge view of.

of the inner burlap" marginal portions 26 thereof '85 layer lies over the covered panel 10 and ginal portions 23, 24 of the cover layers 19, 20, respectively. V

The drawing shows a fragment of upholstery embodying my improved roll-edge, which comprises one corner of a furniture part, and, therefore, shows the curved portion of the panel between the right angle members thereof. The reinforcing bar 18 liesiparallel to the panel and is of the same shape as the panel.

The said panel is attached to the reinforcing bar by metal fastening devices which extend through both said parts and are clenched over the bar. As herein shown, said metal fastening devices have the form of wire staples 27, the closed parts of which may be made of substantial. length andlie underneath the panel 10. The arms 28 of said staples extend through the overlapping portions of the panel, the lower marginal portions of theinner and outer cover layers 19 and 20, through a portion of the filling lOOC y or core 18 and through the reinforcing bar 17. The terminals of said arms 28 are folded over the top of said reinforcing bar in the manner shown in 'Fig. l.

The inner side of the roll-edge is finished by a row of stitching 29 which passes through the margins 23 and '24; of the inner and outer cover layers of the roll edge, through the marginal portions 26 of the cover for the reinforcing bar and through the foundation fabric 14: so as to firmly bind the several margins to the foundation piece, and also serves in coaction with the staples to hold the reinforcing bar in place.

The construction described produces a roll-edge for upholstery structures which is in itself firm and whi in combination with the means forfastening it to the foundation panel, is a secure part of the upholstery as a whole.

I claim as my invention:

1. In upholstery, a roll-rim comprising, in combination with a panel, of padded rim, a reinforcing bar embedded therein, and means to fixedly attach said panel to said bar. 4 V

2. In upholstery, a roll-rim comprising, in combination with a panel, of a padded rim thereover, a reinforcing bar embedded therein, and staples extending through said panel and bar and clenched over the latter.

3. In upholstery, a roll-rim comprising a padded rim, a cover layer formed about the bar ember .eo. in said rnn, and a flexible cover for said bar having its margln extending inwardly between the margins of the cover la er and stitched thereto.

5. In upholstery,

the combination with a margins extending inwardly panel, and afoundation fabric overlying said panel and extending inwardly therebeyond, of a padded rim over said panel, a cover layer for said rim having its margins extending inwardlv beyond the rim over said foundation fabric, a reinforcing bar, and a cover therefor, having its margin be tween said cover laver mar -ins and stitched thereto and to said foundation fabric.

6. In upholstery, the combination with a panel, and a foundation fabric overlying said panel and extending inwardlv therein.- yond, of a padded rim over said panel, a cover layer for said rim having its margins extending inwardly beyond the rim over said foundation fabric, a reinforcing bar. a cover therefor, havin its mare-in between said cover margins and stitched thereto and to said foundation fabric, and means to fixedly fasten said panel to said reinforcing bar.

7. In upholstery, a roll-rim comprising, in combination, a panel, a rim superposed on said panel comprising a cushion core, a cover therefor, having its margins stitched together at the inner side of the rim, a reinforcing bar within said core, and means piercing said panel and bar to fixedly fasten them together.

8. In upholstery. a roll-rim comprising, in combination a panel, a rim superposed on said panel comprising. a cushion core. a cover therefor, having its margins stitched together inwardly beyond said rim, a relaforcing bar within said core, and staples extending through said panel andbar and clenched over the latter. V

In witness whereof I claim the foregoing: as my invention, I hereunto append invsig nature this 22d day of August, 1919.

CORNELIUS Mansnir. 

